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Last month's global IT outage at British Airways (BA) is symbolic of the airline industry's reliance on technology and associated exposure to business interruption. Yet this is a risk that can in large part be transferred to insurers.
The three-day global IT failure at BA from May 27 affected some 75,000 passengers and 1,000 flights, knocking the airline's share price and reputation. The company now faces a sizable bill from compensating passengers and business interruption.
The initial estimate by BA's owner International Airlines Group (IAG) put the cost of the outage at around USD 100 million, including lost revenue and the expense of accommodating, re-booking and compensating passengers.
While the outage was first billed as an IT failure, BA says it was in fact the result of "human error" after a contract engineer is thought to have disconnected the power at BA's data centre. This was followed by an "uncontrolled" restoration of the company's IT systems, which created physical damage to the systems and significantly exacerbated the problem.
Achilles Heel
Airlines are particularly exposed to IT outages. They were early to embrace technology and are now heavily dependent on IT systems, from booking and baggage handling, to flight scheduling and operations. But ageing IT and fragile legacy systems have left them vulnerable.
The sector has experienced a string of outages in recent years. BA suffered a smaller IT failure in September, while in June the airline suffered an unspecified failure of its baggage handling system that saw thousands of passengers depart without their luggage.
A number of US airlines have also been troubled by IT outages. Delta Air Lines experienced several major outages in 2016 and 2017, one in August 2016 cost the airline USD 150 million. An outage at Southwest Airlines, which saw 2,100 fights cancelled last year, cost the airline USD 54 million.
Outage Insurance
Although the exact cause of the BA outage has yet to be determined, cyber insurance can be tailored to provide protection for airlines cyber exposures, including IT outages. Some cyber policies will exclude losses from external power supply failure, but the cause of the disruption for BA is said to have been triggered by human error.
Cyber insurance policy wordings differ when it comes to business interruption triggers. Some will only cover business interruption following a cyber-attack, while others will cover systems failure on an 'all risk' basis or on a named failure basis.
The insurance industry is beginning to tailor policies to specific industry needs, and JLT's collaborative approach across cyber and aviation has resulted in innovative thinking around the scope of cyber and IT outage coverage for airlines.
Compensation claims by passengers can also be covered by cyber insurance where an incident is caused by a cyber trigger. In an industry with paper thin margins, this expense could be the difference between making a profit or loss.
Crisis Planning
Outages, like the ones suffered by BA, Delta and Southwest airlines also highlight the importance of a robust incident response plan. For all their resource, many large public companies still find themselves ill-equipped to deal with the fall-out from a cyber incident.
One crisis management expert said that the BA outage provided a "textbook" example of how organisational systems need backup and effective communications when they fail. Denis Fischbacher- Smith, Research Chair in Risk and Resilience, University of Glasgow (who experienced the disruption first hand) said that companies need to plan their response to the catastrophic failure of a critical system.
Incident response assistance is the keystone of any well-crafted cyber insurance policy allowing for a structured, multifaceted response to a range of issues insureds are unlikely to have incurred before.
There are also a number of insurers that will provide "reputational harm" coverage to insureds as part of their cyber risk solution. The wordings available are quite broad and can cover any income loss, increased cost of working and PR expenses incurred during the 'reputation indemnity period'.
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Unfu*k Yourself
Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life
By: Gary John Bishop
Narrated by: Gary John Bishop
Series: Unfu*k Yourself
4.5 out of 5 stars 4.6 (39,456 ratings)
Atomic Habits
An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
By: James Clear
Narrated by: James Clear
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.
The most helpful book I've ever read
By Adam on 10-26-18
How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
By: Jen Sincero
Narrated by: Jen Sincero
Bestselling author, speaker, and world-traveling success coach Jen Sincero cuts through the din of the self-help genre with her own verbal meat cleaver in You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life. In this refreshingly blunt how-to guide, Sincero serves up 27 bite-sized chapters full of hilariously inspiring stories, life-changing insights, easy exercises, and the occasional swear word.
Title misrepresents tone of content
By Matt on 07-29-14
Dare to Lead
Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
By: Brené Brown
Narrated by: Brené Brown
Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? This audiobook answers this question.
Brené's Work Has Changed My Life
By Maximus on 01-12-19
Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
By: Stephen R. Covey
Narrated by: Stephen R. Covey
Stephen R. Covey's book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has been a top seller for the simple reason that it ignores trends and pop psychology for proven principles of fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity. Celebrating its 15th year of helping people solve personal and professional problems, this special anniversary edition includes a new foreword and afterword written by Covey that explore whether the 7 Habits are still relevant and answer some of the most common questions he has received over the past 15 years.
I don't understand these other reviews
By Scott on 08-29-10
How to Silence Fear and Win the Mental Game
By: Mel Robbins
Narrated by: Mel Robbins
Mel Robbins is back! The international bestselling phenomenon and creator of The Five Second Rule and Kick Ass with Mel Robbins returns to help you tackle the single biggest obstacle you face: fear. This life-changing Audible Original features a powerful mix of one-on-one life-coaching sessions and a personal narrative with vital take-aways that you can start using immediately.
Stop living in fear
By: Dale Carnegie
Narrated by: Andrew MacMillan
You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you!
This is well worth listening too! Main points are.
By Ralph on 10-21-11
Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
By: Chris Voss
After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacle of his profession, he became the FBI's lead international kidnapping negotiator. Never Split the Difference takes you inside the world of high-stakes negotiations and into Voss' head.
Needs PDF companion file
By John L. Pinkowski on 03-07-17
12 Rules for Life
An Antidote to Chaos
By: Jordan B. Peterson, Norman Doidge MD - foreword
Narrated by: Jordan B. Peterson
What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising, and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street.
Not Your Average 'Self Help' Book
By TheBookie on 06-04-18
How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t
14 Habits That Are Holding You Back from Happiness
By: Andrea Owen
Narrated by: Andrea Owen
Length: 6 hrs
How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t is a straight-shooting approach to self-improvement for women, one that offers no-crap truth-telling about the most common self-destructive behaviors women tend to engage in. From listening to the imposter complex and bitchy inner critic to catastrophizing and people-pleasing, Andrea Owen - a nationally sought-after life coach - crystallizes what's behind these invisible, undermining habits. With each chapter, she kicks women's gears out of autopilot and empowers them to create happier, more fulfilling lives.
A review on general behavioral patterns
By Karen Goldsmith on 04-20-18
Girl, Wash Your Face
Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
By: Rachel Hollis
Narrated by: Rachel Hollis
As the founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis developed an immense online community by sharing tips for better living while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own life. Now, in this challenging and inspiring new book, Rachel exposes the 20 lies and misconceptions that too often hold us back from living joyfully and productively.
More for women who are mothers
By MeredithNCSU girl on 04-07-18
How to Talk to Anyone
92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
By: Leil Lowndes
Narrated by: Joyce Bean, Leil Lowndes
What is that magic quality that makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?"
Good info, but painful to listen to
F--k Your Feelings: Master Your Mind, Accomplish Anything and Become a More Significant Human
By: Ryan Munsey
Narrated by: Ryan Munsey
95 percent of decisions are based on feelings. Not logic. Not rational thought. Feelings. Can you feel the pull of emotions, hunger, guilt, pain, jealously, depression, and everything else weighing on every decision that you make? Business owners, entrepreneurs, regular people looking to get in shape, anyone with a goal that isn't terrified of tough love - you need to listen to F--k Your Feelings - as soon as possible! In this audiobook you'll learn how to use personal mind control techniques to control the way your brain is wired and much more.
Science heavy for those of us who want the why
By Beth T. Irwin on 10-29-18
The Total Money Makeover
A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
By: Dave Ramsey
Narrated by: Dave Ramsey
Okay, folks, do you want to turn those fat and flabby expenses into a well-toned budget? Do you want to transform your sad and skinny little bank account into a bulked-up cash machine? Then get with the program, people. There's one sure way to whip your finances into shape, and that's with The Total Money Makeover. It's the simplest, most straight-forward game plan for completely making over your money habits. And it's based on results, not pie-in-the-sky fantasies.
This guy makes sense
By Alexandra on 02-11-14
No Guilt. No Excuses. No B.S. Just a 6-Week Program That Works (Second Edition)
By: Ramit Sethi
Narrated by: Ramit Sethi
Buy as many lattes as you want. Spend extravagantly on the things you love. Live your rich life instead of tracking every last expense with Ramit Sethi's simple, powerful, and effective six-week program for gaining control over your finances. This isn't typical advice from a money expert. In this completely updated second edition, Ramit teaches you how to choose long-term investments and the right bank accounts. With his characteristic no-BS perspective, he shows how to squeeze every hidden benefit out of your credit cards.
Repetitive - should be retitled.
By ero on 06-20-19
Unf**k Yourself Mastery: 2 Books in 1
Unfu*K Yourself: Decluttering and Be You Only Better - Girl Stop Anxiety, Panic, Worry: 7 Brilliant Ways to Rewire Your Brain
By: Lara Melissa Leone
Narrated by: James Andrews
This boxset includes the most powerful collection of audiobooks that will help you to an unf**k yourself, a personal and a flying relationship growth. Do you need a mind free from fears, anxiety, worry, and panic? Then this information-packed guide will help you to make positive changes in your life.
I recommend this book for anyone.
By Evan Parry on 05-08-19
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
By: Lori Gottlieb
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.
Great listen, great narration
By elizabeth on 04-09-19
Born a Crime
Stories from a South African Childhood
By: Trevor Noah
Narrated by: Trevor Noah
One of the comedy world's fastest-rising stars tells his wild coming of age story during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. Noah provides something deeper than traditional memoirists: powerfully funny observations about how farcical political and social systems play out in our lives.
I didn't hate it
By MerBear1981 on 04-18-19
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
By: Marie Kondo
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever.
I both love and hate this life changing book
By Rebecca on 02-22-15
Joining the ranks of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, You Are a Badass, and F*ck Feelings is this refreshing, BS-free self-empowerment guide that offers an honest, no-nonsense, tough-love approach to help you move past self-imposed limitations.
Are you tired of feeling f*cked up? If you are, Gary John Bishop has the answer. In this straightforward handbook, he gives you the tools and advice you need to demolish the slag weighing you down and become the truly unf*cked version of yourself. "Wake up to the miracle you are," he directs. "Here's what you've forgotten: You're a f*cking miracle of being." It isn't other people that are standing in your way; it isn't even your circumstances that are blocking your ability to thrive. It's yourself and the negative self-talk you keep telling yourself.
In Unf*ck Yourself, Bishop leads you through a series of seven assertions:
I am willing
I am wired to win
I got this
I embrace the uncertainty
I am not my thoughts; I am what I do
I am relentless
I expect nothing and accept everything
Lead the life you were meant to have - Unf*ck Yourself.
©2016 Gary John Bishop (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
Stop Doing That Sh*t
Unf*ck Yourself
More than just a self-help book
I know, I know...another book with a provocative title. Books with titles like this seem to be a dime a dozen today. Unfortunately, they continue to sell, and so they continue to get created. After seeing other books I have read, and posts I have made, a co-worker made this recommendation to me. When I finally picked up Audible this month, I had him send me this book to listen to. But is it any good, or just another book that has sold because of the title? Let's take a look!
First off, Gary John Bishop is the narrator of the audiobook...and is also from Scotland. After listening to this book I wish all audiobooks were read by the Scots!
Unlike the book, "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck", this book was fairly clean in regards to curse words. There were a few here and there, but after listening to the entire book I am convinced the book title was created just to entice people to buy the book. Which I do hope they actually read because there is some good content here.
Gary lays out 7 "mantras" he wants the reader to live by. They are:
I Embrace Uncertainty
I Expect Nothing & Accept Everything
Let's take a look at each.
Gary argues that everything you do stems from a willingness to do it. If there is something you don't like in your life it is because you were willing to be in that situation. Don't like your body, your job, or your financial situation? In large part, it is because you are willing to stay there. Next time you don't like a certain part of your life, ask yourself, "Am I willing?" Are you willing to exercise and eat right if you want to lose weight? Are you willing to gain additional skills to better your work situation? It is ok to say no, but at least be honest with yourself and stop complaining about your situation if you are not willing to do what it takes to change it.
You are winning at something. Like the example above, even the parts of your life you don't like are still "wins". You created a pattern in your life to get that outcome. If you don't like the things you are winning at then you need to change the game you are playing.
When life seems to unravel it is usually your perception of it which makes it worse. It is important to remember that others have gone through, and are currently going through, the difficult situations you face. And those people have found a way through the mess. If they can make it through, so can you. You got this!
Much of life is out of your control. Your company downsizes and you are laid off. A tornado hits your home. Life is full of uncertainties. You can worry about them, or wallow in them if they happen, or you can embrace them and act. Maybe you have wanted to create something but you are afraid to fail or of what others may think. The reaction to your creation is uncertain. The only certain thing you can do is not act. So act! Risk the criticism or failure and act!
Successful people did not become successful because they had great ideas. They became successful because they acted on their ideas. They "did". If you want to overcome your fear then start. Do something! Just don't think about it.
Gary paints the following picture. Imagine you are traveling through a jungle in search of civilization. You could be one mile away, or one hundred miles away. There may be times you may hit a dead end and have to backtrack to get on course. The important thing is to be relentless in your search for civilization. The jungle is full of dangers and unknowns, so why not be relentless in your search for success?
Much of life's suffering comes from unmet expectations. You dream up what life should be like and then are crushed when it falls short. Instead, you should take life as it comes. Love what you have and accept what you are given. That doesn't mean you don't work for the desired outcome...just don't expect it to happen.
Overall I really enjoyed this book! It was short but full of meaningful information. Many times in life I get in my own way. I win at the wrong things or have unmet expectations. I need to get out of the way, do as the title suggest. Life is not easy, but I have a way of making it more difficult than it needs to be. This book has some practical information on how to get out of your own way and live!
I rate this book: 4 out of 5.
Kerry Strong
Now I'm F'd for sure!
This book and Gary John Bishop's narration are so Fu*king phenomenal I think He may have ruined other audio books for me for life. Hey, thanks, Gary John Bishop!
His accent, his voice, his intonation was perfect for this type of book. This man needs to be reading books for us all day, EVERYDAY.
His no bullshit, I'm not here to talk about myself all fu*kin day so let's get to it-ness, is a breath of fresh air. The combination of the writing and the story telling is just the right mixture of sweet and salty that doesn't get boring.
Mr. Bishop feels a like an old friend, a long overdue, dearly missed welcome house guest who happens to be great company and just the kick in the ass that the doctor ordered. He's not falling for your namby- pamby, boo- hooing, it's not my fault, blah blah blah excuses. He's way ahead of you. Spoken with a true sincerity , not preachy, but more like he's lived it, and if he didn't experience it first hand, he's heard the same stories with the same scenario's enough times to know that it's universally human and if you just listen he'll help you un-cluster fu*k the mess in your mind, and leave you with a simplified process and a cognitive clarity that brings back memories of the days when you WERE actually who you wanted to be (or still had the energy to try and optimism to believe it was possible), When you were hungry for life and just wanted more. Before all that real life shit happened like bills, and love and failures that mommy and daddy were no longer kissing better. Before you realized that there were a million ways to get everything wrong and no way to get everything right and decided to dull your personality into the equivalent of a house plant.
Anyway, you get it.
I'll listen to it several more times.
Good work Mr. Bishop. If you were here I'd buy you beer, actually I'd buy you a freakin keg, as long as you just keep talking.
BUY THIS BOOK. THE AUDIO BOOK. I'M SERIOUS. DO IT.
Grammar Police: I know, I know... I wrote it just as I would speak it. I'm not a professional reviewer. I'm not trying to get a job with Amazon or Audible and frankly I don't care. I don't make a habit of writing reviews. When I do, make it a habit, maybe, I'll clean up my act but meanwhile, if you don't like it, you can do the opposite of this book title. Fair enough?
2,141 of 2,227 people found this review helpful
Immediately changed my mood, outlook and actions. Author's voice and style really pulls you in.
I have purchased similar audiobooks books over the years, but never finished any of them due to a lack of interest and/or an uninspiring reader. This audiobook was different in both respects.
The author's voice and personality is warm, optimistic, and engaging, but not without some rough edges (in a good way). He reminds me of Robin Williams' character in Good Will Hunting, but with a rich Scottish accent.
His points are simple and clear. Most of what he says is very intuitive. It's the way he ties everything together - combined with his excellent voice and delivery - that make this audiobook stand out. A word of caution: The ending is powerful and packs a real punch, so plan accordingly (best if you are alone).
For reference, I am a 50 year old industrial engineer and emergency physician. I have no personal or business ties to the author. I feel this audiobook would be useful to almost anyone, regardless of their age, gender or socioeconomic background.
I listened to it over the past three days and it has already had a very positive effect on my inner dialogue, mood, and most importantly, my actions.
I am now listening to it again. Partially to reinforce everything, but mainly because I just really enjoy hearing his voice and his message encouraging me on.
I Gained a New Mantra
Up until chapter six I was pretty disappointed in this book and found it hard to actively listen to (I'd often zone out and my mind would wander). I appreciate its turn from positive thinking and focus on action - it had moments that really spoke to me. Overall, it's not a "must-read" as plenty of it is useless rambling, but it's good for a couple of pointers and reminders if you need a little extra motivation. Would've sufficed as a one-time TED talk if he edited it down to the highlights.
Wow. Clear steps to take action.
This is the first personal development book I've read to offer very clear steps to be taken right now. This book is not full of concepts, but full of real moves to make change your real life.
Kenneth C Ward
***** great book. No Bullsh*t, just lays it out.
I suggest this to anyone who is feels like they are struggling in life. -- Also I've read complaints about his Scottish accent, I disagree, I think his accent adds a nice touch. Plus any book read by the author puts weight to the words, in my opinion. If you need a pick up in life, this is a great book.
Sausalito, CA, United States
Get it. Now.
Really great timing for me on this book. I've been awakening to the realization that my life is NOW not in the future and it's up to me to make it what I want.
In many ways this book is not revolutionary. We've heard much of this stuff, but it's delivered in a way that is very immediate and - I found - empowering. I just finished it and I plan on immediately re-listening to it and I'll probably listen to it many times. Not because the concepts are difficult but as a reminder. I listened to it while cleaning the kitchen and cooking.
I'm glad the author read this. One listener said they had a hard time understanding the Scottish accent, but I found it to be quite clear. (Plus, I love Scottish accents!)
A reminder, not enlightenment
The information presented in this book is by no means new or revolutionary. However, it is compiled in an excellent way. You may not learn something new or may learn only a few things but since so much helpful information comes in consistent proximity it is an extremely helpful book. I will definitely re-listen. It is a very good pick me up and motivator. Your mind won't stumble upon such encouragement by its own. This book is a good way to be fed those high level encouragements you have discovered, but this time it's at will.
S. A. Phillips
Los Osos, CA
Short and bitter
A very quick read and quite a good kick in the ass. Motivation and wisdom from the ages. Could easily read bits over and over, even just to remind yourself to stop reading and start doing.
immediately opens your eyes...lifelong help for minimal schmeckles. somehow the author has wedged his way into my stubborn mind and I am grateful

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Too young to wed: inside the secret world of child brides
National Geographic has a riveting photo-essay and related feature article out on the problem of child marriages (the focus is on the Mideast and south Asia, though the phenomenon is not limited to this region). The photography is by Stephanie Sinclair, and it is incredible work. Above:
Kandahar policewoman Malalai Kakar arrests a man who repeatedly stabbed his wife, 15, for disobeying him. "Nothing," Kakar said, when asked what would happen to the husband. "Men are kings here." Kakar was later killed by the Taliban.
From the story by Cynthia Gorney, which makes clear there's no easy solution:
The people who work full-time trying to prevent child marriage, and to improve women's lives in societies of rigid tradition, are the first to smack down the impertinent notion that anything about this endeavor is simple. Forced early marriage thrives to this day in many regions of the world--arranged by parents for their own children, often in defiance of national laws, and understood by whole communities as an appropriate way for a young woman to grow up when the alternatives, especially if they carry a risk of her losing her virginity to someone besides her husband, are unacceptable.
(...)[I]n communities of pressing poverty, where nonvirgins are considered ruined for marriage and generations of ancestors have proceeded in exactly this fashion--where grandmothers and great-aunts are urging the marriages forward, in fact, insisting, I did it this way and so shall she--it's possible to see how the most dedicated anti-child-marriage campaigner might hesitate, trying to fathom where to begin. "One of our workers had a father turn to him, in frustration," says Sreela Das Gupta, a New Delhi health specialist who previously worked for the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), one of several global nonprofits working actively against early marriage. "This father said, 'If I am willing to get my daughter married late, will you take responsibility for her protection?' The worker came back to us and said, 'What am I supposed to tell him if she gets raped at 14?' These are questions we don't have answers to."
(thanks Marilyn Terrell, via BB Submitterator)
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French president Emmanuel Macron and impeached but not yet removed U.S. President Donald Trump declare a truce in digital tax dispute, and digital services firms get to breathe a sigh of relief.
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National Archives admits censoring Trump criticism from photo of Womens' March
A photo of the 2017 Womens' March published by the National Archives was altered to remove criticism of Donald Trump from marchers' signs, reports the Washington Post. "Doctoring a commemorative photograph buys right into the notion that it's okay to silence women's voice and actions," Kline said in an email. "It is literally erasing something […]


Alright. We have Jupiter in Aries occurring on 1-22-11. The vibration stays with us for a few months causing quite a bit of expansion.
We are going to be dealing with a few configurations this year that are very, very potent in a heavenly way of looking at it. And this is a time to really, I would say willingly, expand your consciousness.
Willingly embrace changing from small thinking to big thinking. Or rather than looking at limitations, look at unlimited possibilities. Consciously direct yourself in that manner and you will do very well during this time period.
Reminder: The Universe is abundant. There is no limit to Creation, no end date, if you will, on the creative process. It is an eternal ever present magnificent event, just watching Creation unfold.
So put your thinking cap on and make it a size larger, and then a size larger, and then a size larger, and have fun with it because this is a timeframe where new concepts in financing, new concepts in government, that sort of thing, very large scale thinking, can happen and it would be change for the good.
So another way to think of it is to rather than showing separation, it is a time to show unification, integration, to thinking in all inclusive terms and what a wonderful world we can co-create when doing so.


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Coral reef restoration: sexual or asexual reproductions of corals
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Why restore coral reefs?
25% of marine biodiversity depends on or lives in coral reefs and 275 million people depend on them directly for a living. However, the disturbances they are facing, such as rising water temperatures or ocean acidification, are both becoming more frequent and intense [1]. However, the time between each disturbance is often far too short to allow them to recover [1]. This is why, in addition to actions against both climate change and harmful human disturbances, there is also a need to carry out restoration actions on damaged areas. To develop reef building corals, several restoration techniques exist based on sexual or asexual reproduction.
Life cycle of hard-skeleton corals (Scleractinian corals)
Hard corals are reef-building corals. The life cycle of hard corals is called biphasic [1]: an immobile phase where the polyp is attached to its coral (Figure 1.a) and a phase where the planula larva is mobile in the water (Figure 1.b).
Figure 1: The two phases of a hard coral's life. (a) polyp phase. (b) planula larva phase. (Source: Randall et al. 2020 [1])
Asexual reproduction by budding
Each coral is made up of a multitude of polyps (each is about 1 to 3 mm in diameter) all genetically identical. Each polyp self-produces asexually (without fertilization) by budding [1]. An outgrowth of the "parent" polyp, called a sexual propagule, develops and gives birth to a new polyp, a clone that will be genetically identical to the parent polyp [1].
Once the coral reaches a certain age and size, the cycle of sexual reproduction begins and takes place 1 to 2 times a year in order to conquer new reefs [1].
Four modes of sexual reproduction in corals
The four modes of reproduction vary by species of coral and are: (1) hermaphrodism & spawning reproduction (2) gonochorism & spawning reproduction; (3) hermaphrodism & brooding reproduction ; and (4) gonochorism & brooding reproduction. Here are more details:
Gonochorism is a mode of reproduction where an individual carries a single sex (male or female) throughout his or her life.
Hermaphrodism reproduction is the opposite of gonochorism, because individuals possess both sexes or can change of sex during their lifetime.
Corals also reproduce by spawning, they release gametes (sperm and ova) into water where fertilization and larval development will take place [1] (Figure 2).
Finally, for brooding species, fertilization between male and female gametes is internal, and they will release a planula larva into the water (called planulation) once its internal development is completed [1].
Figure 2: (a). Multi-species coral surface slick at Lizard Island at 07:00, the day after spawning. (b). Photomicrography of a surface slick sample (a), showing various coral embryos and larvae. (Source: Randall et al. 2020 [1])
For coral species that reproduce by spawning (Figure 2.a), the release of gametes is often synchronized per minute, between individuals. This gamete release takes place only one to two nights in the year and is correlated with the lunar cycle. Indeed, the photoreceptors of the coral, depending on the intensity of the moonlight they are detecting, will induce or not the release of gametes. Many other factors come into play during this synchronization, but their implication still raises many questions from scientists. Some brooding species are known to use similar processes to coordinate planula larva release.
The benefits of sexual reproduction restoration
In a recent article by Randal et al. (2020), the feasibility and disadvantages of restoration using sexual reproduction were discussed. This increasingly advocated approach is to generate and deploy sexually produced corals [1].
In this article, they focused on corals that reproduce through spawning [1]. Indeed, achieving large-scale larval cultivation is possible here, simpler and more cost-effective than collecting coral larvae that reproduce by brooding [1].
A coral that has survived a bleaching episode will potentially have beneficial genetic characteristics such as temperature tolerance [1]. Having survived, he will be able, by sexual reproduction, to transmit this tolerance inscribed in his genes to his offspring according to Darwin's theory of natural selection. This reproduction is said to be selective because it promotes the survival of the most adapted corals.
Therefore, restoration by sexual reproduction is precisely interesting because it naturally promotes genetic diversity, which is very important for the survival of corals [1]. Also, restoration approaches by sexual reproduction must promote reproduction between corals that have already been stressed or pre-adapted because, they have been shown to be more resistant to stress [1].
More corals could be produced for restoration through sexual reproduction if lunar and seasonal cycles and temperatures necessary for corals' sexual development were artificially replicating.
Fragmentation: a technique used by Coral Guardian to restore coral reefs
Current coral restoration programs use the fact that each polyp is capable of self-producing. Indeed, they use the asexual method of coral reproduction to produce new corals and restore reefs [1].
This technique, called "coral gardening," resembles the cutting method of a plant, although corals are animals. It involves removing a small part of the coral and transplanting it on degraded reefs or artificial reef structures [1] (Figure 3) because corals need a hard substrate to grow.
Figure 3: Coral Guardian restoration actions by fragmentation on a solid substrate (Source: Coral Guardian/Martin Colognoli)
Coral Guardian performs fragmentation restoration (asexual reproduction) but takes into account the important criteria of genetic brewing and pre-adapted corals. Indeed, on the same structure (Figure 3), we place corals from different parent colonies in order to promote this genetic diversity that we know is essential for the survival of corals. The diversity of corals on the same structure is also ensured because different species of corals are transplanted.
Corals are very sensitive to stress (thermal shock, fish, divers…). However, it has been proven that corals that have experienced a first stress will be more resistant to a second stress and therefore more adapted to survive. Therefore, Coral Guardian has adapted its methodology, and transplants corals that have already experienced a first stress.
These corals are more resilient but they are not indestructible. Indeed, they remain sensitive to stress and can die from it. That's why, on one hand, Coral Guardian continues to optimize and improve its restoration approach over time to maximize coral survival. And on the other hand, we continue to raise awareness on coral protection, a key action if we want to reduce the stress caused by man and their impact on reefs.
Conclusion: what restoration techniques for the future?
First, it is important to stress that no restoration approach will be successful without rapid and effective efforts at the same time to slow the pace of ocean warming and acidification [1]. Restoration interventions are intended to provide a boost for nature to mitigate the decline due to disturbance and to accelerate the natural recovery of reefs [1].
It is also important to note that the success of coral restoration and adaptation interventions varies from species to species, from place to place, reef to reef and region to region, so the ecology of the restoration site must be studied first [1].
In the future, upcoming approaches for mass coral restoration would have a definite interest in combining the traditional (asexual reproduction) method of fragmentation with advances in the sexual production of corals [1].
Finally, restoration approaches must be economically viable and technically feasible for mass restoration to be achievable. However, with regard to this last point, one of the drawbacks remaining about sexual reproduction approaches, is that a lot of scientific research must still be carried out in order to find the best possible restoration technique [1].
[1] Randall, C. J., Negri, A. P., Quigley, K. M., Foster, T., Ricardo, G. F., Webster, N. S., … & Heyward, A. J. (2020). Sexual production of corals for reef restoration in the Anthropocene. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 635, 203-232.
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Home Life Social And then suddenly … Google's look, evolved – Google new logo
And then suddenly … Google's look, evolved – Google new logo
Google has changed a lot over the past 17 years—from the range of our products to the evolution of their look and feel. Once again Google has announced it is changing its new logo, and has already launched it on its main search page.
The Google Logo History
Larry Page and Sergey Brin use this logo for their Stanford University graduate project.
The team heads to Burning Man and creates the first Doodle as an out-of-office message.
Google moves to google.com and shares its beta release with the world.
Still playful, the logo gets a more sophisticated look based on the Catull typeface.
The logo brightens up and sports a reduced drop shadow.
The logo goes flat with some typographical tweaks.
And The New One
The logo becomes part of a new family that includes the Google dots and 'G' icon.
THE NEW LOGO IS MEANT TO REFLECT THE NEW WAYS PEOPLE VISIT GOOGLE
So why did Google decide to make the change? In a blog post, Google said," Once upon a time, Google was one destination that you reached from one device: a desktop PC. These days, people interact with Google products across many different platforms, apps and devices—sometimes all in a single day. You expect Google to help you whenever and wherever you need it, whether it's on your mobile phone, TV, watch, the dashboard in your car, and yes, even a desktop! Today we're introducing a new logo and identity family that reflects this reality and shows you when the Google magic is working for you, even on the tiniest screens. "
The new, simpler lettering Google logo is more distinct and easier to read. It's also supposed to be easier for Google to display on low-bandwidth connections: Google says that it's made a version of its logo that's "only 305 bytes, compared to our existing logo at ~14,000 bytes."
The little blue "g" icon is also out, and is being replaced with a four-colour "G" that matches the new logo. The four dots seen in the animation, representing what Google is 'listening, thinking, replying, incomprehension, and confirmation'.
Google Introduces New Logo:
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Q: How to build both Lite and Full version of iPhone app based on one xcode project? I do not want to maintain two sets of code. I just need to limit some features in the Lite version and add some advertisements on it.
How to do that?

A: Create multiple targets.
You can vary build configurations by right-clicking on a target and selecting Get Info.  From there, you can do things like change which Info.plist file it's looking at (to do things like add "Lite" to the name and change the icon/load images) and set compiler flags so that you can #ifdef in places.
If there are lots of files that are only applicable in the full version, then you can right-click on them and remove them from the Lite target to make a smaller app.
I've experimented with various alternatives, such as multiple configurations, and I keep coming back to multiple targets.  I usually have at least three defined - Development, Ad hoc and App Store, each with their own particular settings.

A: Add an additional target to your Xcode project by duplicating the existing one.  Define a macro in the new target (under "preprocessor macros" in build settings), something like "macroIsFreeVersion"
Now you can do this:
#ifdef macroIsFreeVersion
  // code that will only execute in the free version here
#endif

and this:
#ifndef macroIsFreeVersion
   // code for only the paid version goes here
#endif

You will need to make additional changes for the bundle id, provisioning profile, etc.  All the stuff you did to put your paid version into the store.

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We all found it really difficult, especially my brother Will.
He said he felt angry – hurting himself seemed to help with the pain.
I told him I understood but weren't there other ways of dealing with it?
It felt good to be there for him.
Talking can help more than any cut or bruise you give yourself.
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* [#101: Update dependencies.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/101)

### 2.3.0
* [#98: Add profile for shallow array copying.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/98)
* Automate Github release via CircleCI.
* Update dependencies.
* Lift required Node.js version from 8.14.0 to 10.12.0 to accomodate update dependencies.

### 2.2.2
* [#94: Fix manpage.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/94)

### 2.2.1
* [#90: Migrate to CircleCI.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/90)

### 2.2.0
* [#91: Migrate to Node.js Performance Hooks.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/91)
* [#90: Migrate to CircleCI.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/90)

### 2.1.0
* [#77: Add a profile for comparison statements.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/77)

### 2.0.0
* [#86: Add better descriptions to profiles and profile tests.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/86)
* [#69: Fix outdated docs.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/69)
* Rename `profile.tests` to `profile.functions`.
* Add human readable descriptions to profile functions.
* Add keywords to profile functions.
* Add codeSample to profile functions.
* Add strict vs equal comparisons to guards profile.
* Update dependencies.
* Add new features and migration guide to readme.
* Improve profile test descriptions.
* Add keywords to profiles.
* Add array support module.

### 1.24.0
* [#83: Add Object.defineProperty to object creation profile.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/83)

### 1.23.0
* [#81: Add a profile to compare object property iteration.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/81)
* Lift minimum node.js version to 8.14.0

### 1.22.0
* [#79: Compare different array concatenation mechanisms.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/79)

### 1.21.0
* [#76: Add a profile for comparison operators.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/76)

### 1.20.0
* [#74: Add do-while tests to loops profile.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/74)

### 1.19.0
* [#70: Integrate CD.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/70)
* Add for-of loop.

### 1.18.2
* [#71: Update dependencies.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/71)

### 1.18.1
* [#67: Update intro.](https://github.com/haensl/js-profiler/issues/67)

### 1.18.0
* [#65: Rename to js-profiler.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/65)

### 1.17.3
* [#62: Remove global `requireModule()`](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/62)

### 1.17.2
* [#59: Update readme.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/59)

### 1.17.1
* [#24: Handling VERBOSITY in profiles is like inline styles.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/24)

### 1.17.0
* [#55: Publish node/v8 and package version in results.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/55)

### 1.16.0
* [#54: Add npmignore.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/54)

### 1.15.0
* [#30: Measure memory consumption.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/30)
* Refactor function execution and profiling into profiler module.
* Add units for memory measurement.
* Enable precision option to distinguish between time and memory precision.
* Enable unit option to distinguish between time and memory unit.

### 1.14.0
* [#31: Minimize pollution for accurate measurements.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/31)
* Adjust clock handling.
* Move high resolution time conversion to units module.
* Fix pollution in guards profile.

### 1.13.0
* [#49: Add man page.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/49)
* Update dependencies to fix security vulnerability in brace-expansion < 1.1.7

### 1.12.0
* [#28: Output minimum, maximum, average runtime for each test.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/28)

### 1.11.0
* [#46: Create npm module and binary.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/46)
* [#47: List option should respect output format.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/47)
* Add option to specify unit.
* Add documentation.

### 1.10.0
* [#11: Add profiles to compare Map vs. object literal.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/11)

### 1.9.0
* [#32: Add JSON reporter.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/32)
* Major refactoring of project file structure

### 1.8.0
* [#10: Add profile for guards.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/10)
* Add command line option to specify result precision.
* Add test data type `object`.

### 1.7.0
* [#25: Add command line option to list available profiles.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/25)

### 1.6.2
* [#23: DRY: add global `requireModule` function.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/23)

### 1.6.1
* [#8: Rename profiles/all to profiles/index.js.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/8)

### 1.6.0
* [#1: Update readme.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/1)
* Adjust verbosity settings.
* Update project description.

### 1.5.0
* [#13: Separation of concerns.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/13)

### 1.4.0
* [#22: Add TravisCI integration.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/22)

### 1.3.1
* [#21: Cleanup eslint.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/21)

### 1.3.0
* [#6: Add command line option to specify magnitude of test data.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/6)

### 1.2.0
* [#4: Add recursion profile.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/4)

### 1.1.0
* [#2: Add unit tests.](https://github.com/haensl/js-performance/issues/2)
* Refactor profiles.
* Refactor `performance` module into `clock` and `testdata`.

### 1.0.0
* Initial project setup.

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Huawei has unveiled Ascend P6, the world's thinnest smartphone.
The Android-based Ascend P6 is 6.18 mm (0.24 in) thick and is also unusual in that it has a 5 megapixel front camera for "high quality" self-portraits.
The Chinese-based firm has said it expects the handset to do "miracles" for its brand.
One analyst praised its design, comparing it to a "steamrollered iPhone", but said its lack of support for 4G networks might limit sales.
"It's undoubtedly the most impressive phone that Huawei have launched to date in terms of the design, the materials used and its quality," said Ben Wood, director of research at consultancy CCS Insight, who was at the London launch.
The device has a 4.7 in screen making it comparable to the HTC One but is more than 3 mm (0.1 in) thinner.
It is also slightly slimmer than both the iPhone 5 and the Alcatel One Idol Ultra – which previously claimed to be the world's thinnest – but at 120 g (0.26 lb) weighs a little more than both.
The phone features Huawei's own tile-based user interface called Emotion and proprietary software, including an "auto-facial enhancement" tool designed to make self-portraits look better.
Various power saving technologies based on the firm's experience as one of the biggest telecoms equipment makers. As a result, it says the device's battery lasts 30% longer than it would do otherwise.
Huawei is already a well known brand in China where it grew to become the country's biggest maker of telecoms equipment after being founded in 1987.
Its more recent shift into Android phones has also found success. According to data research firm IDC, it shipped 9.9 million smartphones in the first three months of the year making it fourth biggest vendor after Samsung, Apple and LG.
However, Huawei acknowledges it still needs to do more to make western consumers familiar with its name and has committed 2% of its revenues to try to ensure it is widely recognized as a leading smart device brand within five years.
"Seven years ago nobody would have believed Apple could be so successful, and maybe five years ago that Samsung could be so successful," said Shao Yang, chief marketing officer for Huawei Device.
According to a recent study by at Strategy Analytics, Samsung accounts for about 95% of all profits in the Android smartphone market, thanks to "an efficient supply chain, sleek products and crisp marketing".
That has led some analysts to question the wisdom of competing directly against the South Korean firm. But Ben Wood suggested Huawei might be able to make headway thanks to the economies of scale offered by its rapid rise in its homeland.
"This year Huawei is expected to sell 60 million units – double what it did last year – with the lion's share of that coming from China," he said.
"So, when competing with companies like Sony or Nokia it has an inherent advantage which will help with cost.
Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei has filed a competition complaint against US firm InterDigital with European Union regulators.
Huawei accuses InterDigital of "abusing" its position and demanding "exploitative" fees to use its patented technology, said to be essential to 3G in mobile devices.
It added that such moves were against the EU rules which require holders to licence their patents fairly.
InterDigital said it was "committed" to those rules.
Huawei said in a statement: "InterDigital is seeking to leverage its declared 3G standard essential patents to force Huawei to conclude a discriminatory, unfair and exploitative license.
InterDigital, which is based in Philadelphia, owns more than 19,500 mobile communications patents and patent applications.
Huawei said that InterDigital had been trying to take advantage of the dominant position it enjoys in the sector and despite negotiations the two firms had not been able to reach an agreement.
However, InterDigital said that it had been following the rules set by regulators while dealing with various companies across the globe.
"Our long and successful track record of licensing more than 50 companies throughout the mobile industry is proof of that commitment, and of our ability to reach mutually agreeable terms for such licenses," Lawrence Shay, President of InterDigital's patent holding subsidiaries said in a statement.
This is not the first time that the two firms have been involved in a patent-related dispute.
Last year, InterDigital lodged a complaint against Huawei, along with another Chinese phone maker ZTE and Finland's Nokia, accusing them of infringing seven of its patents.


In From Holmes to Sherlock, Mattias Boström recreates the full story behind the legendary detective and his many incarnations-a real-life narrative of success, tragedy, and family secrets that has never previously been told in its entirety. The beginning is classic: a young Arthur Conan Doyle sitting in a Scottish lecture hall taking notes on his medical professor Dr. Joseph Bell's powers of observation. More than a decade later, Conan Doyle's short stories became a runaway success in the popular monthly Strand Magazine. A parallel Holmes soon evolved with a whole industry of plays, parody, and pastiche, and Boström skillfully follows the men and women who have perpetuated and recast the Sherlockian myth-including the actors who became famous for their personifications of Holmes; Conan Doyle's sons, who desperately wanted to make big business of the detective; the Georgian princess who ended up entangled in the Conan Doyle legacy; and finally the pair of modern-day fans who brainstormed the idea behind the TV sensation Sherlock. Written in novelistic prose, Boström's account is a singular celebration of the most famous detective in the world-a must-read for newcomers and experts alike.


a few weeks ago several of my knitting friends spent a wonderful weekend in the stockholm archipelago on an island called väddö. it was time for the annual stickstämma (i suppose the translation would be knitting camp or knitting symposium). i really, really wanted to participate, i've only ever been to one stickstämma; in 2007 when it took place in leksand. but, there was another big even on the horizon, and a girl has to make priorities. so what did i do? well, i went to the sonisphere festival, of course! it was headlined by iron maiden and missing out was not an option!
we had the worst sort of outdoor festival weather, the rain was poring down, the puddles grew rapidly and everything was covered in mud. but it was all worth it. just before maiden entered the stage it actually stopped raining and we actually started to dry up for a bit. when the lads had finished playing and everyone started to leave the area the thunder started… a real post-concert light show! lightning all around us, thunder rolling and rain so heavy we were actually wading in mid-calf water.


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The 1989 NBA Expansion Draft was the ninth expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on June 15, 1989, so that the newly founded Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic could acquire players for the upcoming 1989–90 season. Minnesota and Orlando had been awarded the expansion teams on April 22, 1987. In an NBA expansion draft, new NBA teams are allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league. Not all players on a given team are available during an expansion draft, since each team can protect a certain number of players from being selected. In this draft, each of the twenty-three other NBA teams had protected eight players from their roster and the Magic and the Timberwolves selected twelve and eleven unprotected players respectively, one from each team. The previous year's expansion teams, the Charlotte Hornets and the Miami Heat, were not involved in this draft and did not lose any player. Prior to the draft, the league conducted a coin flip between the Timberwolves and the Magic to decide their draft order in this expansion draft and in the 1989 NBA draft. The Magic won the coin flip and chose to have the first selection and the right to select twelve players in this expansion draft, thus allowing the Timberwolves to receive the higher pick in the 1989 Draft.

The Magic were formed and owned by a group headed by Jim Hewitt and William duPont III. Former Philadelphia 76ers coach Matt Goukas was hired as the franchise's first head coach. The Magic used their first pick to select former fifth overall pick Sidney Green from the New York Knicks. The Magic's other selections included two-time All-Star Reggie Theus and seven former first-round picks, Terry Catledge, Sam Vincent, Scott Skiles, Jerry Reynolds, Jim Farmer, Keith Lee and Frank Johnson. However, Farmer, Lee and Johnson never played for the Magic. Nine players from the expansion draft joined the Magic for their inaugural season, but only two played more than three seasons for the team. Catledge played four seasons with the Magic until his NBA career ended in 1993. Skiles played five seasons with the Magic.

The Timberwolves were formed and owned by a group headed by Marv Wolfenson  and Harvey Ratner. The Timberwolves were the second NBA franchise to play in Minnesota, following the Minneapolis Lakers, which moved to Los Angeles and became the Los Angeles Lakers in 1960. Former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Bill Musselman was hired as the franchise's first head coach. The Timberwolves used their first pick to select Detroit Pistons starting power forward Rick Mahorn. However, Mahorn refused to report to the Timberwolves and was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers prior to the start of the season. The Timberwolves' other selections included one-time All-Star Steve Johnson and two former first-round picks, David Rivers and Maurice Martin. However, Rivers and Martin never played for the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves also selected West German center Gunther Behnke, who had never played in the NBA. Four players from the expansion draft joined the Timberwolves for their inaugural season, but only one played more than one season for the team. Tyrone Corbin played two and a half seasons for the Timberwolves before he was traded in 1991.

Key

Selections

Notes
 Number of years played in the NBA prior to the draft
 Career with the expansion franchise that drafted the player
 Never played a game for the franchise
 Never played in the NBA prior to the expansion draft
 Gunther Behnke represented the Germany national team after West and East Germany reunified in 1990.

Trades
Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of future draft picks between the teams, along with a particular agreement in the expansion draft.
 The Minnesota Timberwolves agreed to select Mark Davis from the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for a 1989 second-round pick.

References
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External links
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NBA.com: NBA Draft History

Expansion
Minnesota Timberwolves lists
Orlando Magic lists
National Basketball Association expansion draft
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Q: Position Bootstrap Tooltip at cursor position I'm using Bootstrap's Tooltip plugin successfully in my application. Because I need it to be applied to elements which are dynamically added to the DOM I'm initialising it like this:
$("body").tooltip({ selector: "[data-toggle=tooltip]" });

The problem I have is that some of the elements to which the tooltips are added are very tall and go way off the bottom of the screen. The tooltips always seem to be vertically positioned at the halfway point of the height of the triggering elements, which means that for these tall elements the tooltips are often not visible without scrolling way down.
I can't use the placement: "top" option because then tooltips will still not be visible if the user has scrolled down the page so that top of the triggering element is not visible.
What I would like is for the tooltip's vertical position to match that of the mouse cursor at the point the tooltip is triggered.
I thought this would be quite simple but it seems not to be. Attempts to re-position the tooltip in the show.bs.tooltip event haven't worked.


March is National Nutrition Month! Active playtime isn't the only thing kids need to grow big and strong. Parents know the struggle of getting kids to eat nutritious meals. How can you encourage kids to eat well without defusing tantrums every mealtime? Fun-E Farm has 6 fun tricks for getting your kids to eat better.
Cook with the kids. This will teach them how long it takes to make a meal, which should cut down on complaints. It also gives them the opportunity to state their case before dinner is on the table. If your child isn't feeling peas today, he'll have a chance to choose a different vegetable.
Mum's the word. The more you fuss about what your kids are eating, the more they'll balk. Lay down the law, but try not to prod your kids to eat their veggies. They'll eat them on their own . . . or accept the consequences.
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Henryk Firlej de Dąbrowica, blason de Lewart, né en  à Balice et mort le  à Skierniewice, est archevêque de Gniezno et primat de Pologne en 1624.

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Il est le fils du Grand Maréchal de la Couronne Jan Firlej et de Barbara Mniszech. Il est baptisé calviniste dans sa jeunesse. Après la mort de son père, sa mère et ses frères l'élèvent dans la religion catholique. Il est le demi-frère du trésorier Jan Firlej, de Mikołaj, de Piotr et de Andrzej.

Il étudie d'abord chez les Jésuites à Ingolstad et à Graz, puis à Padoue et à Rome. Dans cette ville, il entre dans la famille du pape Clément VIII, devient son valet, prélat de maison, référendaire pour les deux signatures, protonotaire apostolique et comte de Rome. À Rome en 1595, il est ordonné sous-diacre et en 1598 il est ordonné presbytre. Le , il signe l'accord de Janowiec.

Il est vice-chancelier de la couronne de 1613 à 1618, grand référendaire de la Couronne en 1605, prévôt du chapitre de la cathédrale  de Płock de 1607 à 1617, le prévôt commendataire de Miechów en 1612,   scolastique de Cracovie en 1594, secrétaire royal en 1596 et chanoine de Sandomierz jusqu'en 1614.

Il est archevêque de Gniezno et primat de Pologne en 1624.

En 1625, il entreprend la reconstruction de la collégiale de Łowicz dans le style baroque.

Il doit sa carrière à son milieu et au patronage du roi et du pape, mais il faut aussi noter son éducation, son caractère doux et le faste dont il s'entoure.

Henryk Firlej meurt le  à Skierniewice.

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Archevêque de Gniezno
Sénateur ecclésiastique (république des Deux Nations)
Étudiant de l'université d'Ingolstadt
Étudiant de l'université de Padoue
Naissance en 1574
Décès en février 1626
Décès à Skierniewice


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I loved this book. Mark Haddon seems to get hold of the silly things that occupy all of us and turn them into a believable story. George and his 'dysfunctional' family are both funny and touching, like most families.
After putting the phone down he realised, of course, that he had forgotten to find the chisel before getting into the bath. Jean was going to be cross enough already. If she discovered that he had made the mess while cutting the cancer off with her special scissors she would be incandescent.
The chisel, however, was in the cellar, and the cellar was a long way away.
He wondered whether he had remembered to put the phone down.
Then he wondered whether he had got around to remembering his address before putting the phone down. Assuming that he had indeed put the phone down.
At least they could in films.
But in films you could make someone pass out by squeezing their shoulder.
He caught sight of himself in the hall mirror and wondered why a crazy, old, naked, bleeding man was standing next to their phone table.


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Finally, a desktop app has been released for Facebook Messenger—but that took a while. In the last few years, we have seen popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, Google Allo [now retired], Google Duo and the likes made their way to the web and desktop. Though, this should have happened earlier, the fact that it has now been announced means users will no longer be restricted to the mobile version of Messenger.
While we await the global roll out, which has now been slated for later in the year, it is important to note that some users can gain access to it as part of the ongoing test. What we know so far is that the desktop version would allow you to a couple of things just like the mobile version. The desktop version, which is available on Windows and MacOS, will allow you to make group video calls, collaborate on projects or multi-task while chatting within the app.
What more is new about Messenger? Facebook also announced a couple of other additions/changes to the messaging app:
Lighter and Faster: Facebook has restructured the Messenger app from scratch. What that means is that you now have an app that is faster and lighter. Though, the app currently has a light version, the fact that Facebook is working to make the main version less buggy is encouraging. The lighter and faster version of the app will be rolled out before the end of the year.
You and your loved ones can now watch videos together on Facebook even when you all are not together in a single place. "You'll be able to seamlessly share a video from the Facebook app on Messenger and invite others to watch together while messaging or on a video chat," Facebook said. This feature just like the desktop version, is still being tested, and will be available by the end of the year.
New addition to Ads Manager: Messenger's Ads Manager has welcomed a new addition—lead generation templates. This will enable businesses to easily create an ad that drives people to a simple Q&A in Messenger to learn more about their customers. Your clients and customers can now book appointments within a Messenger conversation if own a car dealership or you are a stylist or cleaning service.
Reports emerged last month that Messenger could be finding its way back to the Facebook app. The feature, according to Jane Manchun Wong, is already being tested. What this means is that you could now use a single app to access both Facebook and the Messenger app.
This update will make use of the current Messenger button in the Facebook app, but you will now be taken to a new "Chats" section rather than opening a separate Messenger app.
The Chats section according to Wong, only contains some limited Messenger features. Users who wish to make calls would still have to open the standalone messaging app to do that. They will also need the standalone app to send photos, and send reactions to messages.
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Extinction loomed for the Endangered Antipodes Island Wandering Albatross, but luckily conservationists have taken action.
The Endangered Antipodes Island Wandering Albatross will be functionally extinct (meaning that mating pair numbers will be so low there is no chance of their species survival) in the next 20 years if the population continues to decline. This rare bird breeds almost exclusively on the remote, subantarctic Antipodes Island in New Zealand, and in the last 13 years the population has experienced massive declines due to high mortality of females and reduced breeding success. If the current rate of decline continues, fewer than 500 pairs will remain within 20 years, but thanks to recent conservation efforts there is hope for these rare birds.
In 1994-96, there were 5,180 pairs breeding each year on Antipodes Island. By 2015-17, there were only an estimated 2,900 pairs breeding there each year. More research is underway to better understand the situation. If nothing changes, at their current rate of decline, their future is very grim.
The main known human cause of adult mortality is bycatch in fisheries. Wandering Albatross are known to be highly susceptible to becoming bycatch, particularly in pelagic longline fisheries such as those targeting tuna. Reduced food, squid, and fish, and alteration in the birds' foraging locations due to changing ocean temperatures and wind speed may be the cause of reduced breeding success in recent years.
The rapid collapse of the Antipodes Island wandering albatross population means we need urgent international action to prevent this magnificent species sliding into extinction. Gaining a better understanding of the birds' diet will help us identify how fishing may be influencing the availability of prey, and could potentially allow for fisheries management to improve the availability of prey species for the Antipodes Island wandering albatross.
Antipodes Island was once overrun by invasive mice that put all native species, including the Wandering Albatross, at risk of extinction. To ensure the safety of this important bird breeding site, the New Zealand Department of Conservation, WWF-New Zealand, The Morgan Foundation, Heritage Expeditions, the New Zealand public, and Island Conservation partnered up to create the Million Dollar Mouse project. The goal was to remove all invasive mice from Antipodes Island to create a safer, healthier ecosystem that would give the native birds a better chance at surviving. The Million Dollar Mouse initiative was declared a success in early 2018 and the island species have been given a a chance to thrive. This great effort by conservationists ensures an invasive free habitat for the Antipodes Island Wandering Albatross and is a giant step towards saving these birds from extinction.


Some great news: our independent feature Two Hundred Thousand Dirty is now represented by Wide Management of Paris and has been selected for the Eye on Films label, which is a global film partnership designed to spotlight and promote the distribution of promising independent first feature films!
More great news for our independent feature "Two Hundred Thousand Dirty" as it will open the 13th Annual Independent Days FilmFest in Karlsrhue, Germany. In addition, the film will screen at the Boston International Film Festival on Tuesday April 16, 8pm at AMC Loews Boston Common before moving onto the Vegas Indie Film Fest, where it will screen Thursday May 2nd, 8pm at the Century Orleans 18 Theaters! Hope we can seen you somewhere along the way!!!
"TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DIRTY" IN COMPETITION AT ROME !!!
We're proud to say that our independent feature "Two Hundred Thousand Dirty" is the only North American selection and 1 of only 10 independent features selected for Competition at the 2013 Rome Independent Film Festival in Rome, Italy. Join us in the Eternal City Friday April 5th at 8pm at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila. Ci vediamo a Roma!
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We're happy to announce that our independent feature "Two Hundred Thousand Dirty" will make its International Premiere (Spanish subtitles and all) as the Closing Night film and only American feature of the International Panorama section of Festival Cine//B in Santiago, Chile on Friday Nov. 30th at Cine Arte Alameda.
The film is also set to screen at the 2012 Anchorage International Film Festival on Sunday Dec. 2nd at the Alaska Experience Theatre in Anchorage, Alaska! Congrats to the entire cast & crew!
"TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DIRTY" WORLD PREMIERE !!!
We are THRILLED to announce that our independent feature "Two Hundred Thousand Dirty" will have its WORLD PREMIERE at the 27th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival! The film will screen twice on November 4th and once on November 5th at 3 different festival venues. For ticket and venue information, click here!
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While it's never too late to learn about sustainability, it's always better to teach young generations early on, encouraging them to become environmentally conscious citizens. Sure, sustainability lessons are one way about it, but what could be a better example than studying at a modular school, the embodiment of sustainability?
Same as modular homes, this kind of school is built off-site, in a factory environment, then the pre-fabricated components are assembled on site. This itself means the focus is on quality, given that as opposed to on site, the factory conditions are controlled and don't affect the constructing materials same way outdoor damaging weather conditions do. No damage, no delay.
The modular school designs, and the classrooms it comprises of, are pushing the boundaries of traditional designs, proving functional can be aesthetic too. Due to the fact they are pre-fabricated, there's the benefit of minimised disruption with the classes, and the neighbourhood, as their installation can be scheduled when most suitable, as in the example of school breaks.
Other than the advantage of fast construction, within weeks, sustainability comes from the meticulous choice of materials and the way the project is carried out, considering the planning is done starting with a detailed site analysis to come up with the construction that works best for the environment as well as students and teachers.
Choosing sustainable materials, these innovative schools aren't only reducing the environmental impact, cutting down on the reliance of fossil fuels, but also affect the students and teachers positively since green materials don't harm the health.
Moreover, there's reduction in waste too, thanks to recycled and reused materials, and relying on renewable energy sources, like the sun and wind, means you get a school that conserves energy which in turn means reduction of the costs. Ensuring quality, the school modular construction is made for durability, and when you have that you also have low maintenance!
Typical school problems such as poor ventilation, poor air quality, retained moisture and humidity are a thing of the past with this advanced design, so it's not difficult to see why these make the schools of the future, right?


Unlike the Millennium Development Goals, the SDGs' predecessor, the new development framework contains an explicit target on heritage. This component calls for making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable by strengthening efforts to protect and safeguard the world's cultural and natural heritage.
How the cultural-heritage aspects of the SDGs and the New Urban Agenda — the 20-year strategy that will come out of next year's Habitat III conference on cities — are implemented will affect the success of the agenda itself as well as the prospects for conserving the globe's precious heritage resources. Equally important is how we can apply the lessons and principles of traditional settlements to new development.
The links between the conservation of cultural heritage and sustainable development have followed a broad recognition of the importance of urbanization in reducing energy demands while increasing economic opportunities. Now, the task in creating a practical, participatory framework for urban development depends on resolving tensions between the goals of heritage conservation on the one hand and the socio-economic development needs and aspirations of local communities on the other.
The idea of cultural heritage has expanded significantly in recent decades. Originally covering single monuments identified as objects of art, it now includes cultural landscapes, historic cities and regions. Moreover, it extends the concept of heritage beyond that which is "tangible" to the intangible dimensions to embrace the entirety of knowledge derived from the development and experience of human settlement practices — our collective memory.
In order to fully understand the relationship between cultural heritage and sustainable development, the idea of "heritage" must be understood in its broader, modern sense. The physical conservation of selected artefacts alone will not help preserve a community's cultural heritage, but neither can economic development be removed from the conservation of places.
Beyond conserving the world's limited authentic traditional cities and towns, the most important application of cultural-heritage principles is the opportunity they afford in new development.
Over the past two decades, we have experienced unprecedented and incessant urbanization. Asia alone is expected to add 800 million urban residents in the next 15 years. U. N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stated that the battle for sustainability will be won or lost in the way we design our cities.
Traditional settlement patterns offer models that should inform redevelopment and new development. Compactness, mixed use, variety of incomes and vibrant public spaces are all elements of historic cities that can guide new development.
Urban development that integrates cultural heritage is more sustainable, diverse and inclusive. Such approaches help to create green economies that enhance sustainability, provide opportunities for employment that assist in poverty alleviation, and have the potential to unite people in participatory processes and to further goals of social cohesion and peace. Heritage serves both economic and central functions, serving as identity, accumulated knowledge and source of pride handed down by previous generations.
The UNESCO Historic Urban Landscape Recommendation (HUL) is a comprehensive approach to urbanization that offers a practical means for communities to both protect and carry forward existing culturally rich places while also guiding the growth in new development. It is a practical set of planning guidelines that integrates cultural heritage with community development, currently being implemented in many places around the world. Its details lay out the rationale for culture and heritage to play a more central role in economic development, poverty reduction and community interaction.
According to these guidelines, the value of cultural heritage for promoting sustainability of cities includes three major components. Cultural heritage functions as a driver for inclusive economic development, as an enabler of social cohesion and equity, and as a means to improve the liveability and sustainability of an urban area. Let's look at each of these areas in a bit more depth.
First is cultural heritage's ability to foster inclusive economic development. Historic towns, districts and the historic parts of cities are inherently valuable for their uniqueness, identity and sense of place. These areas tend to commend higher real estate values, and in turn to attract tourism, employment and local investment. Eventually, this can result in further improvement in these urban areas.
Creativity in historic areas has also increasingly become a core part of the culture-led redevelopment of urban areas. Museums, art galleries, theatres and a variety of cultural festivals make for creative cities. Increasingly, cities have revitalized their economies by promoting intangible heritage in order to generate livelihoods.
Finally, there is the opportunity, and potential drawbacks, of tourism. We have more and more evidence to show that sustainable tourism, managed and regulated by local communities, can provide jobs and employment to local communities. Importantly, we have also found that such tourism can impose minimally on local culture.
The second major component is cultural heritage as an enabler of social cohesion, inclusion and equity. Heritage has the power to strengthen communities in which citizens associate the historic environment with a shared identity, attachment to place and everyday life. Importantly, this includes minority, disadvantaged or socially excluded communities.
Traditional settlements, with their lasting cultural identity and socio-economic traditions, raise the awareness and pride of citizens in local history and culture, no matter where they originate or how they may be adapted. The mix of public and private spaces found in traditional settlements engenders social cohesiveness and interaction by providing common spaces in which diverse groups can interact.
Historic parks and plazas in historic parts of town are often built around traditional public spaces. Alternately, new public spaces can be created adjacent to historic monuments. Such examples provide important opportunities for continuity of use and significance while supporting new ones. These public spaces also offer something meaningful and attractive that can bring all citizens to get involved in the city's culture and participate in public activities among diverse members of the community.
Because historic towns, districts and the historic parts of cities help to attract tourism, employment and local investment, these areas also engender curiosity. In so doing, they can build an understanding and acceptance of others' values, histories and traditions.
Third, cultural heritage and the historic quarters of cities can improve the livability as well as sustainability of urban areas. For instance, the walkability and compactness of urban areas are traditionally enhanced in dense historic cities.
Occupations related to cultural heritage, cultural practices and creativity can also provide a valuable source of income, dignity and livelihood. Culture-based livelihoods have the potential for small and micro-entrepreneurship that empowers local communities and can contribute substantially to poverty alleviation.
Along with using heritage to guide planning and development, other prerequisites are fundamental to the integration of cultural heritage into urbanization.
First, establish a formal legal mechanism for recognizing and documenting individual sites, districts and cities of cultural and historic value. This could be a register of places, official surveys or other documentation. Second, link these designations to programmes and incentives for conservation and redevelopment of all settlements, from the metropolis to village.
A third prerequisite is a regulatory and financial incentive (or disincentive) approach that contains urban sprawl and focuses funding on existing infrastructure and regeneration of existing urban areas, historic districts and neighbourhoods.
As we approach the New Urban Agenda, let's remember that the lessons of centuries of urban form are every bit as relevant to sustaining places today and tomorrow. Compact and filled with cultural vibrancy, historic cities and towns point to solutions for climate change, decreased income disparity and enhanced creativity. In short, they are the kinds of places where people want to live — let's plan accordingly.


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September 18 — Southern Culture On The Skids
Southern Culture On The Skids has been spreading the rock and roll gospel since they formed in Chapel Hill, N.C. in1983. Guitarist/singer Rick Miller, drummer Dave Hartman and bassist/singer/heartbreaker Mary Huff "play a greasy mix of surf, rockabilly, R&B and country-fried garage with a side of psych," according to their Facebook page. "It's a musical gumbo Miller calls 'Americana from the wrong side of the tracks.'"
The band has toured everywhere from the North Carolina Prison System to Mt. Fuji, Japan and delivering what Rolling Stone calls "a hell raising rock and roll party."
Opening for the September 18 show will be Drew & The Blue, Reading's very own popular surf/rockabilly trio.
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